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July 26, W, A PE'RSSQN 2,087,357

TROUSERS Filed April 5, 1935 Patented July 20, 1937 Artnr ortiesApplication April 6, 1935, Serial No. 15,167 In Sweden May 5, 1934 4Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in trousers having a waistbandand a front placket or ily, the object of the invention being to providefastening means whereby it will be possible to hold the garment safelysupported upon the wearer while avoiding the use of the ordinary bracesor the. ordinary belt otherwise used for holding the trousers in properposition.

The invention is especially valuable during the warm season whenwaistcoat and in many cases also jacket are not worn in every-day use,and also in connection with dresses for tennis, gymnastics and sporting.

According to the invention the waistband on the covering part of thefront placket or fly of the trousers is prolonged to a strap providedwith one or more buttonholes while on the subjacent part of the placketthe waistband has a slit, beyond which, on the inside of the waistband,buttons are fastened, on which the strap is buttoned after that it hasbeen put through the waistband slit. By varying the buttoning of thestrap it is possible to secure the proper contraction of the waistbandwhich in each case is required ior holding the trousers tight around thewaist. Buttons as well as backand side-straps on the outside of thewaistband which otherwise are used on trousers are avoided by thisinvention whereby the trousers obtain a fine appearance. The device mayalso be used in connection with an adjustable belt placed in a tunnel inthe waistband whereby an increased possibility of suiting the. waistbandto the width of the waist is obtained as will be more fully explained inthe following.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing which showssome embodiments thereof. Fig. 1i shows a perspective view of the upperpart of a pair of trousers with waistband according to the invention andFig. 2 shows the waistband thereof from the inside. Fig. 3 shows aportion of the waistband of a second embodiment with double waistbandstrap seen from the outside.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the trousers, which are a pairof walking trousers I having the usual front placket or fly 2, have awaistband 3 which on the covering part of the front placket is prolongedto a strap il having one or more buttonholes 5. In buttoning thetrousers the strap l is put through a slit 6 in the waistband on thesubjacent part of the front placket and is buttoned on buttons 'l whichare fastened with suitable distances apart on a strap 8 sewn to theinside of the waistband and provided at its rear end with a clasp 9 forholding one end of a belt Ill which to its substantial length is placedin a tunnel in the waistband 3, said belt extending through the greaterpart of the waistband and with its other end being secured to thewaistband as is indicated at ll. In this embodiment the trousers areapproximately suited to the waist width of the wearer by a suitablecontraction of the belt whereupon a more exact iitting is obtained bybuttoning the strap on that of the buttons 'l which just gives the mostsuitable tightening of the waistband around the waist. If the width ofthe waist is materially altered during the life of the trouserscompensation can be easily obtained by altering th-e contraction of thebelt and the t of the trousers thus be maintained.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 the waistband strap on the coveringpart of the front placket is double, that is, consists of a band whichat its middle part is sewed to the front side of the ily and has twoloose ends or straps lla, lib, extending toward both sides to the rightand to the left. One of said ends or straps is indicated by la andcorresponds as regards form and arrangement to 'the strap ll in Figs. 1and 2 and is thus buttoned to a strap 8 sev/ed to the inside of thewaistband. The other end or strap 4b, which also has button-holes, is inbuttoning the trousers put through a slit l2 in the waistband on thecovering part of the trousers front placket and buttoned on buttons I3on the inside of the waistband 3. The buttons I3 may be fastened to areinforcing part itl secured to the inside of the waistband andcorresponding to the strap 8. Said reinforcing part le may be secureddirectly to the xed end l i of the belt Ill or may consist of its endwhich in the latter case is drawn out from the tunnel in the waistband 3and secured to the inner side of the waistband. It is not necessary tounbutton said strap from the buttons i3 on opening the trousers, in asmuch as its chief object only is to counteract the pull of the part 4aon the covering part of the front placket and when required to assist insuiting the width of the trousers to the. wearers waist width. In otherrespects the embodiment shown in Fig. 3 is similar to that shown inFigs. l and 2 and similar parts carry the same reference characters.Instead of one band or strap having two free ends 4a, 4b, said two freeends in Fig. 3 may be understood tc be. two separate straps 4a, lib,sewed to the covering part of the fly 2 at their adjacent ends to formthe double strap.

1. A trousersgarment having a waistband provided with a slit, a tunneland a fly, said yrhaving a covering part and a subjacent part, a

strap xed to said waistband on the covering part of Vsaid ilyforrinsertion through said slit, a second strap secured to the inside ofsaid waist-v band, a variable button-and-hole connection between saidtwo straps, a clasp secured to said second strap, and a belt placed intheV tunnel in said waistband, said belt having one end adjustablyconnected withssaid clasp, the other end Vof said belt being secured tosaid waistband. Y

Y2. A trousers garment having a y and a waistbandplovided with a tunneland two slits, said ilyhavingarcovering part,'means providing twoVton-and-holetrconnection between the other of Ysaid outer strap endportions and said waistband at that end of said'belt which is secured tosaid waistband. Y Y Y Y 3. A trousers garmentY having a fly and awaistband provided with a Ytunnel and two slits,

said iiyhaving a covering part, two free *outer` l strap end portionsextending in opposite directions and fixed to the waistband on thecovering part of the ily for insertion through the two slits of thewaistband, an inner strap secured to the inside of said waistband, avariable button connection between one of said outer strap end por-`tions and said inner strap, a clasp secured to said inner strap, a beltplaced in a'tunnel in said waistband, said belt having onev endadjustably connected with said clasp and its other end xed to saidwaistband, a reinforcing member secured to said fixed end of saidwaistband, and abutvton connection Vbetween the other of said outerstrap end portions and said reinforcing member.

4. A trousers garment having a fly and a waist- Y band provided with atunnel and two slits, said y'having a covering part, a band sewn in itsmiddle part to the covering part of said fly, said band having two freeends forming two outer` straps for insertion through the two slits'ofthe waistband, an inner strap securedrto the inside of said waistband, avariable button-and-hole connection between one of said outer straps andsaid inner strap, a clasp secured to said inner strap, a belt placed ina tunnel in said waistband,

Vsaid belt having one end adjustablyconnected with said clasp and itsother end secured to said waistband,V and Va button-and-hole connectionbetween the other of said straps and said Waistband at that end of saidbelt, which is secured to said waistband.

WILHELM ADOLF PERSSON.

